rat bite

[socksmacca 0]

just wondering if any one had any problems with rat bites lost me lurcher boxing day through weils disease woz out ferreting rabbits and 4 rats bolted one of the rats bit the dog cleaned it all up with salt water next day looked fine no problems what so ever 3 wks later dog wasnt her self deteriated within 3 days gums went yellow eyes started to as well due to her lungs and kidneys failing vets couldnt do nowt for her put her to sleep appreciate any feedback thanks

[welsh_hunter12 119]

just wondering if any one had any problems with rat bites lost me lurcher boxing day through weils disease woz out ferreting rabbits and 4 rats bolted one of the rats bit the dog cleaned it all up with salt water next day looked fine no problems what so ever 3 wks later dog wasnt her self deteriated within 3 days gums went yellow eyes started to as well due to her lungs and kidneys failing vets couldnt do nowt for her put her to sleep appreciate any feedback thanks

 

sorry to hear that mate.was your dog vaccinated as a pup because my vet told me my dog would be covered against weils disease.i have doubts though.

[riohog 5,701]

http://www.oaktreevet.co.uk/Pages/leaflets/vaccination%20dog.htm

[Guest porterlord]

give the dogs a booster jab you might prevent it happening again. i know people who have had there dogs die with it eithen tho they have had there jabs

[BULLDOUG 199]

I posted a week ago, my staff was bitten, shesa jabbed up and weve had no probs.

 

Sorry for your loss, you must be gutted

 

ATB Doug

[mcass123 6]

i would have taken the dog to the vet straight away, jagged up or not, not blamming you mate, you must be gutted, sorry to hear, horrible rat barstards!!!!

[roofer 0]

sorry 2 hear that mate atb 4 the future

[asbo93 10]

are you sure its weils disease mate

[littletimmy 71]

i would have taken the dog to the vet straight away, jagged up or not, not blamming you mate, you must be gutted, sorry to hear, horrible rat barstards!!!!

 

So what your saying is you would take your dog the vet everytime it got bitten by a rat? Come on get real, thats what the dogs are for, unfortunate as it may be, its a rare occassion for human or dog to get infected with wiels, hardly warrents a trip to the vet after every bite.

 

Shame about your dog mate, one of them things, atleast you can take comfort in knowing the dog died from the job it loved

[mwncidur 0]

Our vet gives ours booster jabs every 12 months. The Lepto part of the jab is supposedly only good for 12 months protection, along with the para influenza part of the jab. The other stuff lasts longer, but is in the same jab so is boosted on a 12 monthly basis.

[natter79 17]

it probably wasn't the bite that gave the dog weils, it was probably picked up from the surrounding area as leptospirosis is passed through the rat urine and less commonly the bite. chances are if your dog's working it could have picked it up anywhere the rats have been. best bet is to get some decent anti bac solutions and clean all open cuts and grazes as soon as the job is over. really sorry to here about your dog.

atb natter

[socksmacca 0]

just wondering if any one had any problems with rat bites lost me lurcher boxing day through weils disease woz out ferreting rabbits and 4 rats bolted one of the rats bit the dog cleaned it all up with salt water next day looked fine no problems what so ever 3 wks later dog wasnt her self deteriated within 3 days gums went yellow eyes started to as well due to her lungs and kidneys failing vets couldnt do nowt for her put her to sleep appreciate any feedback thanks

 

sorry to hear that mate.was your dog vaccinated as a pup because my vet told me my dog would be covered against weils disease.i have doubts though.

yes mate she woz done as a pup had to take my old lurcher down to get her jabbed for weils vet said it would be a gud idea cause its very contagious to be on the safe side

[socksmacca 0]

i would have taken the dog to the vet straight away, jagged up or not, not blamming you mate, you must be gutted, sorry to hear, horrible rat barstards!!!!

u probably right mate wil learn from it though

[longdog13 36]

it probably wasn't the bite that gave the dog weils, it was probably picked up from the surrounding area as leptospirosis is passed through the rat urine and less commonly the bite. chances are if your dog's working it could have picked it up anywhere the rats have been. best bet is to get some decent anti bac solutions and clean all open cuts and grazes as soon as the job is over. really sorry to here about your dog.

atb natter

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[ow3n8321 0]

i would have taken the dog to the vet straight away, jagged up or not, not blamming you mate, you must be gutted, sorry to hear, horrible rat barstards!!!!

 

So what your saying is you would take your dog the vet everytime it got bitten by a rat? Come on get real, thats what the dogs are for, unfortunate as it may be, its a rare occassion for human or dog to get infected with wiels, hardly warrents a trip to the vet after every bite.

 

Shame about your dog mate, one of them things, atleast you can take comfort in knowing the dog died from the job it loved

here here lol